router_restart.sh

# Router restart script
# This scrit authenticates itself with the router and then restarts the router
# Version 1.0
# Auther - Naren
# Tested on a faulty Belkin router :X

# To execute:
# $ sh restart.sh
# Note: You may want to chmod 777 restart.sh to give it permission

# Step 0:
# Ping a website and check for STATUS 200
# If status is 200 then internet connection is fine, exit the script
while true;
do
	STATUS=$(curl --connect-timeout 10 -silent -sL -w "%{http_code}" "http://www.google.com/" -o /dev/null)

	if [[ STATUS -eq "200" ]]; then
		echo "Internet Connection appears to be OK"
		sleep 30
		continue
	fi

# Step 1:
# Send a post request with the password to http://192.168.2.1/cgi-bin/login.exe
# The password must be md5 hashed before we send it to server
# Example password is: default
# MD5 Hash:c21f969b5f03d33d43e04f8f136e7682

# Tip: You can use the below site to generate MD5
# http://www.md5hashgenerator.com/index.php

	echo "Authenticating..."
	curl -silent --data "pws=c21f969b5f03d33d43e04f8f136e7682" http://192.168.2.1/cgi-bin/login.exe

# Step 2:
# Execute the restart.exe cgi
	
	echo "Restarting..."
	curl -silent http://192.168.2.1/cgi-bin/restart.exe

	echo "Sleeping for 40 Seconds to perform next check..."
	sleep 40
	
done